Brad Pitt
Pitt in 2008, cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: William Bradley Pitt
Place of Birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 18, 1963
Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey
Brad Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019). He has also starred in the films Cutting Class, Thelma & Louise, A River Runs Through It, Kalifornia, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Legends of the Fall, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Ocean’s Eleven (2011), and its sequels; Troy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Babel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Inglourious Basterds, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, World War Z, 12 Years a Slave, Fury, The Big Short, and Bullet Train. He co-founded production company Plan B Entertainment.
He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Jane Etta (Hillhouse), a school counselor, and William Alvin “Bill” Pitt, a trucking company proprietor, and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. He was raised a Baptist, but no longer practices the religion. Brad has six children with his former wife, actress, humanitarian, and activist Angelina Jolie. His brother is businessperson and philanthropist Douglas Pitt. Brad was selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1995, and again in 2000.
Brad’s family has lived in the United States for many generations. Brad’s documented ancestry is mostly English, with some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, small amounts of German, including Alsatian German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, and remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey.
During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2012, Brad stated that his ancestry is:
…probably… Irish-Scots, Germans who settled in the area… Native American Indian… I know we have some Seminole, and some Cherokee Indian, in us.
No Cherokee or Seminole Native American ancestors have been documented in publicly available family trees of Brad Pitt. While he did not mention English ancestry, English comprises much of Brad’s lineage.
Brad was a third cousin, once removed, of actor Tyler Christopher. Brad’s paternal great-great-grandparents, George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith, were also Tyler’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents.
Brad’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Monroe Pitt (the son of Oliver Brown Pitt and Rosalee “Rosie”/Rosa Lee Dorris). Alvin was born in Oklahoma. Oliver was the son of Thomas M. Pitt and Bell Ray. Rosa was the daughter of George W. Dorris/Doris and Nancy Rosalee/Rosalene Smith.
Brad’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jean “Bettie” Brown (the daughter of Lester Benny Brown and Una Valerie Coker). Elizabeth was born in Oklahoma. Lester was the son of George W. Brown and Cynthia Martin. Una was the daughter of Richard Ogle Coker, whose father was a Christian minister, and of Laura Trotter.
Brad’s maternal grandfather was Hal Knox Hillhouse (the son of Emery/Emory A. Hillhouse and Etta Coleman/Colemon/Colman Williams). Hal was born in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri. Emery was the son of Elijah Boyd Hillhouse, Jr. and Malinda/Melinda Burrel/Burrell Morris. Etta was the daughter of Henry Thomas “Hy” Williams and Ida Mae/May Isbell.
Brad’s maternal grandmother was Clara Mae Bell (the daughter of Finis Alonzo/Alonza Bell and Lenora Jane “Nora” Hammer). Clara was born in Missouri. Finis was the son of William Saterfield/Satterfield Bell and Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Neece. Lenora was the daughter of Felix Emery Hammer and Sarah Angeline Parker. Brad’s seven times great-grandfather, John Johannes Hammer, was born, c. 1683, in Libesia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sources: Genealogies of Brad Pitt – http://freepages.rootsweb.com
http://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Brad’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Guys, i think i found a lookalike. Probably the only guy in existence that resembles brad pitt at least a bit.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/729864683363140947/
He is very distinct from other blondes. People like Chris Hemsworth, Leonardo Dicaprio or Scandinavians, despite, the blonde hair blue eyes, do not look similar one bit. As for having predominantly British isle ancestry it is strange. Henry Cavill looks extremely British, Tom Hemsworth looks extremely British. You could guess they are English without searching it up. Brad Pitt not at all …..I was surprised to see English as the majority. They generally have thin lips and they don’t have his type of jaw. Pitt has very full features. The ‘Anglo’- face is very different and he doesn’t have it. Scandinavians also don’t look like him. He has a very White American face, they usually have fuller mouths and the tan. Before looking up the ancestry if I had to guess I would have said that he was mostly of dutch and northern german ancestry. But even then you hardly find Brad Pitts there. I do know it’s about phenotype rather than ethnicity… but an enigma indeed. Maybe that just how his genetics manifested.
I can’t think of one person that has even a slight resemblance to him. The slight ruggedness with the dimples, the lips, jaw, forehead, the eye-area and eyes itself – he has such a rare face. Why does no one look like him !!!
I love how you know our (English) features that we all have.. I am blonde blue eyed and don’t have thin lips you must think everyone looks the same lol
Not everyone. Just generally, isn’t that true ? I believe that you don’t have thin lips but I think you are part of the exceptions.
@Nathan M I live in England so I am familiar with the appearances and features of the people. Maybe it depends on region. I’d sure love to see good-looking, attractive, well mannered English guys without the vulgar lad culture, once in a while. Some attraction would make my days more exciting
Judging by your comments, I assume that you … well – I’m imagining that you are good-looking. Non-thin lips , deep-set blue eyes, a hot jawline (?), tall (?). This is generally not so common, so you must be popular. It is more common in White-Americans and Canadians. Compare the English football team to Canadian hockey teams. The difference is crazy. White- Canadian men tend to be quite gorgeous for some reason. I am curious if there is a known person that resembles your looks, so I could analyse.
I do notice that english guys are more likely to have pretty, sloped noses – more delicate than other Germanics and Slavic peoples and certainly more delicate and appealing than mine. Softer features. In comparison to certain english guys my nose is terrible and guys are meant to have the more masculine features !
But only about 25% of English people have Anglo-Saxon ancestry and the ancestry has become more distant. The rest do not have Anglo ancestry. That’s why its confusing when British refer to themselves as Anglo-Saxon, who were basically Danes and North Germans.
Since you are blonde (which doesn’t dictate attractiveness cause it’s just a colour, I do prefer brown hair on men anyways ) , if it’s the proper, light blonde that I’m imagining, then are you from East England? I went there once, long time ago, … it was the first time I’d see blonde and tall, broad, (blue-eyed) men.
I get what you mean. Pitt has a Germanic phenotype. Have you heard Nathan Meads in news so far? He is an English dude who makes a living after his resemblance with Pitt.
@andrew I have heard ! Does he actually get paid for impersonating Pitt I do think that Brad’s brother looks more related to him than this guy. Even though Brad’s brother looks very different, he’s brunette aswell – their facial shape is the same except Brad is more chiselled and has lower body fat. Whereas Nathan Meads has similar separate features and colouring of hair eyes skin but doesn’t have the broad full jaw, and upper face as well – kind of different looking skulls and skin. Brad’s brother … you can just tell they were born from the same parents.
Emoji don’t show up here. That sucks. That’s why the fullstops aren’t there in some sentences. It’s where an emoji was supposed to go !
Doug Pitt gimme a Val Kilmer vibe, doesn’t he?
Even phenotypes can be mixed. I think it looks better that way.
Keltic nordid is very characteristic of british people
Nordic people can have long, narrow faces – (Halstatt, East Nordid/Aisto Nordid) or they can have faelid influence.
Some people classify on the internet:
I’ve looked up Swedish model Christian Laarson and he can be classified as tronder + faelid.
German actor Jürgen Prochnow – Faelid & North Atlantid
Casper Van Dien – Atlantid & Nordid/Faelid
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White Americans look different to British/English because … german ancestry is the highest ancestry in America. It is no.1.
Irish is 4th highest. English is 5th.
Especially the midwest – it is known for being extremely german and it is filled with the german-irish-scandanavian mix. There is no to little english ancestry in the midwest. Minesota is German + Norwegian. Missouri is German + Irish. North Dakota , Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan – they have the best looking men in america and they are predominantly german, not english.
New England and the South have english ancestry. But overall German ancestry is the highest in White-Americans.
Chris Carmack – he is not on ethnic celebs – I am sooo curious about his ancestry.
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just … wow so gorgeous. I never found Alexander Skarsgard or Henry Cavill good-looking. This guy though
Carmack is an Irish surname. There’s likely other stuff in his background.
Anoon, I’m curious, where are you getting those heritage stats?
Sorry for the wait, here is the first link of website
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-02-22/here-are-the-most-common-ancestries-in-each-state?context=amp
And this one
https://www.infoplease.com/us/society-culture/race/top-ten-ancestry-us-population-rank
Thanks. Over 88 million people were missing from that count, wonder what happened there. Plus that big chunk of people that reported themselves as American, pretty funny.
“here is no to little english ancestry in the midwest.”
While you may know England, you are showing you don’t know nearly as much about the U.S. Excerpted above is simply not true. It is rare that you’re going to find ANY “pure” ethnicity in this country, let alone pure Germans who are so assimilated into the Anglo culture that they’ve lost much of their identity as a separate group, here.
There is certainly a lot MORE German ancestry in the Midwest than other regions, but it’s just ridiculous and false to say that there is almost no British ancestry in the region. lol
I was saying that there is barely English ancestry in the Midwest. Irish ancestry ,however, is common in the Midwest, not english ! I guess that counts as British, although many Irish would disagree hahah
Midwesterners are not pure german of course . They are mixed like every American. My point is that because America is an Anglo country, people think that white Americans are mostly English, despite German and Irish ancestry being way more present. This is especially true for the Midwest. German ancestry is still the highest overall in the US and then it’s Irish. Some states in the Midwest have more polish ancestry than English.
But yeah, healthy white americans are often better looking than pure europeans because they mix with other compatible european ethnicites. German + Irish always make beautiful people … best example – Grace Kelly
These psuedo racial classification comments are very mutt-esque. In any case, you are still wrong. The amount of Americans with English ancestry is considerably underestimate because those who have it have been here so long they classify it as “American” and/or they choose to identify with their non-English ancestry. More than that, the Irish – except the northern ones who identify as such – aren’t British; and the Irish aren’t a particularly notable ethnicity in the Midwest, especially compared to the East Coast. And getting back to Europe, the British and Germans are so heterogenous, that’s it’s really hard to stereotype a particularly “look” from facial features.
Just everything said was either wrong or exaggerated.
Does that mean this article/stats is not valid?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-02-22/here-are-the-most-common-ancestries-in-each-state?context=amp
I accept that there is more English ancestry in America than I thought, because like you said they’ve been here so long that they just say they’re American. That makes sense.
I just don’t understand why you are so adamant on saying that there is no difference in looks between the British and Germans. I’m sure you would say that there is distinction between the French and British. It just goes without saying … that the genetic makeup of each country will slightly differ. Britain is an island, which makes it even more noticeable. Not to mention that Britain overall is more Celtic than Germanic … does that have no bearing ? The Frisian group does not exist in Britain, it does in Germany and the Netherlands. Aren’t the Saxons the only Germanic group in England and even then their ancestry goes less to 50% of the population. Of course this translated in looks, you cannot tell me that there is no distinction between brits and german people. I know you don’t care but maybe if you visit or live in both countries at some point, you’ll see they don’t look exactly the same.
But for downplaying English ancestry, ok, you are right.
@Oaken5
I dont think English ancestry is underestimate. The large part of this it’s traced back from the beginning of North America colonization in early 1600s. After the 1800s, not many “English” people moved to U.S., besides Utah at best.
So the bulk of this ancestry is pretty much distant (then some families may have hard time to identify as such despite having English heritage). And the descendants of these settlers later mixed with other Euro immigrants, most notably the Germans (the largest ethnic group in Western Europe).
I’d say those who simply identify as “American” are a British mix, mainly Scots-Irish.
Also the loss of many records and the massive surnames anglicization make things harder to figure out. At same time many people may identify as “English” because unaware their German/not Anglo surnames was changed.
Agree about negligible Irish ancestry in Midwest.
No, there has been studies on this. For the reasons I gave, the number of people of English ancestry in the US is measurable larger than is shown in statistics.
” Demographers regard the reported number of English Americans as a serious undercount, as the index of inconsistency is high and many if not most Americans from English stock have a tendency to identify simply as “Americans”[7][8][9][10] or if of mixed European ancestry, identify with a more recent and differentiated ethnic group.[11]”
Complicated to establish with certainty because many surnames are equally common in England and Scotland (Ireland too).
He is English
@follers
who’s Brad’s Swedish ancestor?